page_title: Royal Alberta Museum
section_title: Galleries
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Alberta Museum / Collection / Galleries
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior gallery (Human History) at the Royal Alberta Museum
context_page_description: The Royal Alberta Museum is a museum of human and natural history in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The museum is located in Downtown Edmonton, north of City Hall. The museum is the largest in western Canada with more than 7,600 square metres exhibition space and 38,900 square metres in total.
  The museum was established by the Government of Alberta in December 1967 as the Provincial Museum of Alberta. The museum received royal patronage from Queen Elizabeth II, and was renamed the Royal Alberta Museum in 2005. In 2011, plans were announced to move the museum to a new building. The museums continued to operate from its original building in Glenora, Edmonton until it was closed to the public in December 2015. Although the museum was closed to the public, a number of its departments continued to operate, either preparing the museum's collection for the move, or conducting fieldwork. The new building was completed in August 2016, and was opened to the public in October 2018.
context_section_description: The following are current galleries operated by the Royal Alberta Museum:
  Natural History hall: This Hall contains a collection of dioramas, fossils, animals and plants that represents Alberta's wildlife. this hall contains four main sections: Ice Age Alberta (plants and animals that lived in Alberta 1000 years ago), Ancient Alberta (Alberta's rocky mountains formations, diversity of rocks and Edmontosaurus ), Gems and Minerals ( meteorites, crystals, colorful minerals, rubies, diamonds, emeralds and minerals and gems from both Canada and around the world), Wild Alberta (animals and plants found in Alberta's three ecological zone and also the wild landscapes).
  Human history hall: This Hall shares the History of Alberta's past and its people. This hall contains six sections which includes: Ancestral Lands ( history, lifestyles of indigenous people who have lived in parts of Alberta), Worlds meet (multiple perspectives of cultural and economics exchange between indigenous and European newcomers from 1680 to 1880), After buffalo (stories between 1859 and 1900 about resistance and resilience, suffering and hope in Alberta), Alberta forms ( stories from 1880s about Alberta becoming a province, looking into economics, culture, spiritual beliefs and political beliefs), Alberta Transforms ( stories in post- 1945 Alberta, oil, population growth, arts archaic attitudes towards healthcare and the awakening of equal rights), What makes us strong (the sharing of knowledge and values of Alberta's various indigenous communities).
  Bug Gallery: This gallery displays insects, spiders and other invertebrates from both Alberta and the world. This galleries contains stories such as: What is an invertebrate, Metamorphosis, Ambush predators, Finding a mate, Reef Conservation, Social Insects, Warning colours, Freshwater Diversity.
  Children Gallery: This gallery is an environment made for younger visitors to engage, play and learn. Containing sections such as Alberta Naturally, Dig pit, Toddler Area, Chautauqua, Makerspace, Community Gallery.
  Feature Gallery: This gallery is a limited time featured Gallery that is displayed for a short period of time
  Changing exhibition: This Gallery display allows visitors to engage in Alberta's history and contemporary stories.
caption: View of the Human History hall, a gallery that showcases the history of Alberta
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